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If it’s time for a pickle pizza, that must mean it’s time for the Florida State Fair.
Yes, that 11-day celebration of crafts, displays, agriculture exhibits, thrill rides, and really weird food begins today at the state fairgrounds in Tampa.
Normally by now, the Fair would be long gone, but as we all know, there is nothing normal about this time. Originally scheduled to open on Feb. 11, organizers deferred to COVID-19 and moved the Fair back more than two months.
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The daily rundown Between Wednesday and Thursday, the number of Florida coronavirus cases increased by 13,720 (0.9 percent), to 1,531,192; active hospitalizations went up by 178 (2.3 percent), to 7,762; deaths rose by 217 (0.9 percent), to 23,613.
Delay tactic Given a life raft by nearly $6 billion in federal aid last year, Gov. Ron DeSantis and state lawmakers have pushed off and pushed off and pushed off responding to the damage caused to the state budget by the coronavirus pandemic.